About one-third of California community colleges will borrow money from private investors to pay their operating expenses this fiscal year. The institutions will issue Tax…
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer introduced her proposed state budget this morning, and included $180M for free community college programs. Granted, the proposed budget is a long…
I’ve written about the potential of expanding the Washtenaw Community College district before. The most likely expansion target is Livingston County. Nearly half of students…
A recent Council for Advancement and Support of Education review of annual charitable contributions shows that overall donations to higher education institutions remained flat in…
New York’s community colleges will be eliminating administrators and staff to manage $35M in proposed budget cuts this year. The same institutions will cut an…
According to data published last quarter by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board, US consumers owed $980 billion in revolving debt. Revolving…
The pandemic has ensured that no one has had a really good year. (Except Eric Yuan.) Nothing has worked out as expected, and 2021 is…
University Business published an interesting opinion piece today on the steps higher education institutions must take to recover from COVID-19. Although the pandemic has made…
On Tuesday, the State of Michigan began taking applications for a free community college program for adults age 25 and up. The program also offered…
California governor Gavin Newsom introduced a proposal that may help repair the community college transfer pipeline. Under Newsom’s “dual admission” plan, students could apply for…